PUTTSU-RI ぷっつり
Meanings
① A sudden discontinuity of something.
② A thread or string-like object, an appearance of a break in tension or concentration.
Examples
① After the last communication from the eighth station, we lost contact.
八合目からの交信を最後に、ぷっつりと連絡が取れなくなった。
② I pulled the thread from both ends and it broke off.
糸を両端から引っ張ったら、ぷっつりと切れた。
② Because of the way he spoke to me, I lost my concentration and failed.
話しかけられたせいで、集中力がぷっつりと切れて、失敗した。
Dogmatic Opinion
Tensioned threads are severed by sharp objects
Or Image of separation or splitting due to excessive pulling from both sides.
Before it was cut, the image was physically or psychologically connected by a thread-like object.
Proximate Expression
click off
break off
